Utah Jazz middle Walker Kessler will miss the remainder of the season because of a torn labrum in his left shoulder and may have surgical procedure, the workforce introduced on Wednesday afternoon.
The process is scheduled for Thursday in Los Angeles and shall be carried out by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the Jazz stated.
Kessler, 24, has not performed since a 118-96 loss at Phoenix on Friday. He has averaged profession highs of 14.4 factors, 3.0 assists, 1.4 steals and 30.8 minutes together with workforce highs of 10.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 5 video games (all begins).
He ranked eighth within the league by way of Tuesday in rebound common and seventh in blocks for Utah, which began the season 3-4.
Memphis chosen Kessler with the twenty second total choose of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Auburn. The Grizzlies traded him the subsequent day to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who dealt him on July 6, 2022, to the Jazz as a part of a bundle of gamers and picks for Rudy Gobert.
For his profession, Kessler averages 9.5 factors, 9.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 2.4 blocks, 0.5 steals and 25.3 minutes in 201 video games (125 begins).
–Area Stage Media
